22 of the 39 countries facing U.S. entry restrictions are among the world's most climate-vulnerable countries, as are many whose nationals are at risk of losing #TPS. Read more about IRAP's work protecting climate-displaced people in @theguardian.com:

Almost one year ago, 400+ people from around the United States & the world signed the #WeWillWelcome pledge. Now, we want to celebrate YOU! Submit the act of welcome you completed! ⬇️ tiny.cc/WeWillWelcom... Want to join? Sign the #WeWillWelcome pledge! ⬇️ bit.ly/WelcomingPle...

After President Trump's #RefugeeBan stranded countless refugees abroad, the @newyorker.com came to Jordan to meet IRAP's clients. These are their stories. IRAP continues to fight in court and on the ground to support refugees and ensure they can find a safe place to call home.

NEW: The Trump administration is trying to resettle more white Afrikaners at the exclusion of refugees who have been waiting for years. IRAP recently updated our legal challenge to the dismantling of USRAP to address this kind of discriminatory repurposing of refugee resettlement.

Earlier this week during our virtual press event, @irap.bsky.social's Staff Attorney Megan Hauptman didn't mince words: "From refugees to DACA recipients to TPS holders, the government doesn't care about legal status or humanity. Everyone is a target."

ICYMI: IRAP President Sharif Aly published an op-ed in @thehill.com about the stakes in yesterday's SCOTUS case to #ProtectTPS for 1.3 million people. "The administration is seeking to abandon not only those in need but also the rule of law itself."

On a day when SCOTUS dealt a heavy blow to our multiracial democracy, it was nevertheless a day of hope and joy as immigrants and advocates rallied to represent the 1.3 million Temporary Protected Status holders who want only to be allowed to live with dignity and in safety. #ProtectTPS #TPSjustice

BREAKING: Today, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two class action lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s attempts to terminate TPS for hundreds of thousands of people from Syria and Haiti. #ProtectTPS Read the press release from the legal teams: refugeerights.org/news-resourc...

"Ending TPS would be the largest de-documentation effort in US history, but the administration won't stop there if the court gives them the green light to run roughshod over our laws," said Megan Hauptman, @irap.bsky.social Staff Attorney. Watch her full remarks ⬇️

Leading legal experts, affected community members, and advocates gathered on a press call for media to highlight the stakes and implications of the TPS cases before the Supreme Court on April 29th. Join the effort to #ProtectTPS Full recording of the call: refugeerights.org/wp-content/u...

IRAP condemns reported plans to ship Afghan refugees who assisted the U.S. to a country they have never been to or face persecution at the hands of the Taliban upon forced return to Afghanistan. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/w...

Today, we hosted a press call with legal experts and impacted community members about our efforts to #ProtectTPS before the Supreme Court. Quotes and a recording of the call are available on our website: refugeerights.org/news-resourc...

A recent @nytimes report on Trump admin DHS officials included this revealing quote on the Admin’s attempts to terminate TPS. On April 29, we’re fighting for TPS before the Supreme Court! #ProtectTPS

Thank you @nilc.org for sharing these powerful stories! #ProtectTPS

We are proud to join dozens of human rights organizations to oppose a plan for the mass detention of Cuban immigrants at Guantánamo Bay. Read more in the @theguardian.com:

If you are a refugee living in the United States, you may have questions about what your status means and how to protect yourself and those you love. This resource from @irap.bsky.social takes a deep dive into questions you may have. Learn more👇

NEW: Refugees are challenging the Trump admin's discriminatory preference for Afrikaners in court “USRAP has been transformed into a discriminatory entity serving a 95% white population at the expense of refugees who have waited years for the chance to safely resettle in the United States."

HAPPENING THIS MORNING! 🏛️ The Supreme Court is considering a case with major implications for the rights of people seeking safety at the U.S.-Mexico border.

“Just as we previously blocked the Trump administration from terrorizing refugees in Minnesota, we have now stopped this policy of illegal arrest and detention from being carried out on a national scale." - Laurie Ball Cooper, IRAP Read more: refugeerights.org/news-resourc...

“They are looking for every way to make the undocumented population as enormous as possible. It’s the great de-legalization campaign, rendering vulnerable to detention and removal millions of people who were not here unlawfully." - Ghita Schwarz, U.S. Litigation Director at IRAP

BREAKING: Today, the Supreme Court decided to consolidate two separate lawsuits challenging the termination of TPS for Syria and Haiti respectively and scheduled oral arguments for the end of April. Read our press release: refugeerights.org/news-resourc...

Must-watch @pbsnews.org segment about the Trump administration's attacks on refugees and immigrants with legal status:

Join us on March 11 for a webinar explaining the current situation for refugees in Minnesota and their ongoing lawsuit. Live interpretation will be available in Somali and Dari. Join at bit.ly/webinar-mn

BREAKING: We’re suing to block the Trump-Vance admin's policy ordering the mandatory arrest and potentially indefinite detention of lawfully admitted refugees. The administration is using its failure to process green card applications to target refugees for deportation. We will see them in court.

Lupe Aguirre, senior litigation attorney at IRAP, via @nytimes.com: The administration’s “push to strip valued community members of their legal status and send them back to danger in Syria is unconscionable...” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/u...

"The death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam highlights the neglect and abuse immigrants with disabilities face every day, as well as DHS's cruel practice of releasing people alone in the streets with no way to contact their families or get safely home."

Join us on February 26 at 9am ET for a webinar where we discuss the findings and share insights of a new briefing we will publish alongside the European Disability Forum that analyzes the EU Asylum and Migration Pact from a disability perspective. Register today: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Today, the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law team and our trusted partners at The Advocates for Human Rights, @bergermontague.bsky.social, and @irap.bsky.social will be arguing in the UHA v. Bondi case at the Minneapolis Federal Courthouse.  Stay tuned for updates on the case!

“This memo is part of a broad and concerted effort to strip refugees of their legal status and render them deportable. This gov't will clearly stop at nothing to terrorize refugee communities, and really all immigrants, while trampling over our constitutional rights.” www.cnn.com/2026/02/19/p...

IRAP's Laurie Ball Cooper on DHS's plans to detain refugees: “I am concerned that the Feb. 18 memo and the indiscriminate detention of refugees in Minnesota are the opening salvos in an attack on refugees resettled all over the United States.” Read more: www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

NEW: Yesterday, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a District Court order that delays the Trump Admin’s termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Syria while the legal case moves forward. Read our press release: refugeerights.org/news-resourc...

Important article by @jonathanblitzer.bsky.social on the government's efforts to strip legal immigrants and refugees of their status and render them deportable. www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...

"Compliance with the law is long overdue, and IRAP will continue to hold the government accountable to our Afghan allies who are still at risk from the Taliban." Read more about the current status of the SIV Program: reason.com/2026/02/11/s... via @reason.com

Today one year ago we filed Pacito v. Trump, our lawsuit challenging the suspension of refugee resettlement to the US. Josephine is one of the plaintiffs who was able to successfully resettle and join her family, but the fight to keep resettlement open to many more families seeking safety continues.

IRAP Europe's Legal Director Peter Varga on recent shifts in EU immigration policy towards externalization, "whose primary goal is to keep people out of Europe, despite credible and persistent reports of grave human rights abuses...” eureports.com/2026/02/irre...

NEW: On Friday, a federal court ordered the Trump administration to abide by a plan to adjudicate SIV applications in a timely manner. While the expanded travel ban continues to prevent all Afghan nationals from entering the U.S., COM processing must resume immediately:

NEW on the IRAP blog: the impact of the closure of Safe Mobility Offices (SMOs) and the termination of humanitarian pathways to the US on forced migrants in Costa Rica. refugeerights.org/news-resourc...

The failure to authorize more Special Immigrant Visas is a catastrophic betrayal of the allies who supported the U.S mission in Afghanistan and are still at risk from the Taliban. Congress must not leave them behind.

A huge win for Haitian TPS holders last night:

Refugees and asylum seekers are being arrested in Minnesota and flown to Texas. “It really is a campaign of terror. It is designed to scare people." - Laurie Ball Cooper, IRAP

A federal judge has ordered ICE to stop illegally detaining refugees in Minnesota. This is a huge, but temporary win for refugee communities — we must ensure this practice ends for good! Call on your elected officials now to speak out against this injustice and oppose any further ICE funding:

BREAKING: A federal judge just granted a temporary restraining order stopping ICE from arresting refugees in Minnesota and ordering the release of those currently detained. This is a huge win for ICE accountability. Read more: refugeerights.org/news-resourc...

“I fled my home country because I was facing government repression,” wrote a plaintiff who was flown to Texas in shackles after he was abruptly arrested at his home earlier this month. “I can't believe it’s happening again here. It’s chilling and I'm scared.” Article by @alexwoodward.bsky.social

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ICYMI: This weekend we sued the Trump administration for its unlawful arrest and detention of refugees. "The lawsuit said... the government was using the operation to 'trigger a mass termination of refugee status' and to make refugees vulnerable to deportation."

“The Trump administration is intentionally and illegally terrorizing resettled refugees who are not accused of any wrongdoing." -- IRAP Staff Attorney Kimberly Grano in @startribune.com coverage of our latest lawsuit: www.startribune.com/class-action...

BREAKING: ICE is going door to door in Minnesota detaining refugees without explanation, probable cause, or due process. Last night, IRAP, Berger Montague, @chrclla.bsky.social, @advhumanrights.bsky.social sued to stop ICE’s campaign of terror and intimidation. refugeerights.org/news-resourc...

Join us on Thursday, January 29 at 12pm EST for a virtual event that will shed light on the challenges created for refugees and migrants with disabilities after the first year of the second Trump administration. Register today: refugeerights-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...